New concept of ESP modelling based on fuzzy logic

As Professor Senichi Masuda in Handbook of Electrostatics wrote, “The electrostatic precipitator is a typical fuzzy system, where a large number of factors affect its performance in a complicated fashion”, (Masuda and Hosokawa, in: Chang, Crowley, Kelly (Eds.), Handbook of Electrostatic processes, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1995, pp. 441–479 (Chapter 21)). Knowing the complexity of ESP modelling from our previous experience (Kiss et al., VII, ICESP, Kyongju, Korea, 1998, pp. 196–205), it was decided to approach the problem in a new way, which is based on fuzzy logic. In order to do that, a new concept was worked out to analyse the applicability of combined models for ESPs and to analyse such cases, which have no appropriate model. This paper presents the fuzzy logic based ESP modelling and raises the possibility of the wide range of its applicability.